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Alice

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United States · 2022
1h 38m
Director Krystin Ver Linden
Starring Keke Palmer, Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr., Jonny Lee Miller, Sinqua Walls
Genre Drama, Thriller

Alice is an enslaved woman in 19th-century Georgia, suffering at the hands of a cruel plantation owner. She finally escapes, only to realize she's been lied to her whole life: the year is actually 1973. Inspired by true events, Alice is the story of one woman’s revenge, empowerment, and liberation from the plague of institutionalized racism.

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Variety by Amy Nicholson

The power of the film — and of Palmer’s phenomenal performance — is watching Alice grow into her voice.

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Slashfilm by Ben Pearson

Palmer's performance, disjointed though it may be because of the script, is solid in each individual time period, and though the movie speeds too quickly across the finish line after taking way too long to get revved up, its metaphors and parallels to the struggles of today are effectively drawn.

80

TheWrap by Dan Callahan

Ver Linden never goes the commercial route here with her high-concept idea. Like Palmer, she stays true to her goal but does give the audience several satisfying moments that call for applause.

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The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore

The queasy mix of realism and wish-fulfillment will set many viewers’ heads spinning, or at least shaking with disappointment, in this well-intentioned but unpromising debut.

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IndieWire by Kate Erbland

Ver Linden’s film may play out mostly in a straight-forward chronology, but that choice doesn’t do “Alice” (or Alice) any favors, expecting major revelations and revolutions to happen in the exact minimum of time.

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Slant Magazine by Keith Watson

Alice plays as an inadvertent parody of contemporary liberalism’s fascination with and fetishization of ‘70s black radicalism.

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Screen Rant by Mae Abdulbaki

Palmer is fantastic in a film that needed more depth and time for Alice to acclimate to her surroundings. Without that, it leaves Alice’s realism and emotional core lacking as it veers wildly into one-note chaos.

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We Got This Covered by Martin Carr

In many ways, Alice feels like a film looking to inform as well as entertain, by exploring the evolution of Black identity with unflinching honesty.

80

Screen Daily by Nikki Baughan

Like her Lewis Carroll namesake, the protagonist of writer/director Krystin Ver Linden’s bold and enlightening feature debut hurtles down a rabbit hole — but the alternative reality in which she finds herself is certainly no fairy tale.

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The Playlist by Robert Daniels

Linden offers a fascinating premise, but her visual language doesn’t catch the eye, and the potential excitement to be mined from translating Blaxploitation motifs for modern-day audiences is missing. “Alice” could’ve been so much more, but instead, it comes off like a lost opportunity.

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